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| Ranking | School | First Place votes |
| 1 | Florida State | 51 |
| 2 | Alabama | 1 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 3 |
| 4 | Oregon | 6 |
| 5 | Auburn | |
| 6 | Georgia | 1 |
| 7 | Baylor | |
| 8 | Texas A&M | |
| 9 | LSU | |
| 10 | USC | |
| 11 | Notre Dame | |
| 12 | UCLA | |
| 13 | Michigan State | |
| 14 | Arizona State | |
| 15 | Ole Miss | |
| 16 | Stanford | |
| 17 | Wisconsin | |
| 18 | Ohio State | |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | |
| 20 | Kansas State | |
| 21 | Nebraska | |
| 22 | Missouri | |
| 23 | South Carolina | |
| 24 | Clemson | |
| 25 | North Carolina |
Presented in the interest of completeness, not in the interest of putting "Michigan" and "top-25" within three counties of each other.
The rest of the Big Ten struggled. Michigan State and Ohio State dropped out of the top-10, Nebraska slides into the 20s, and by virtue of not looking like the rest of the Big Ten, Wisconsin sits at 17th.
With just about everyone losing, the Big Ten has all but assured itself to be on the outside looking in this winter when the playoff is announced. Michigan State still has an outside shot, but needs help.
All three polls below:
| AP | Coaches | Sagarin | |
| 1 | Florida State (38) | Florida State (51) | Oregon |
| 2 | Oregon (16) | Alabama (1) | Georgia |
| 3 | Alabama (1) | Oklahoma (3) | Oklahoma |
| 4 | Oklahoma (2) | Oregon (6) | Texas A&M |
| 5 | Auburn | Auburn | Auburn |
| 6 | Georgia (1) | Georgia (1) | LSU |
| 7 | Texas A&M (2) | Baylor | Florida |
| 8 | Baylor | Texas A&M | Alabama |
| 9 | USC | LSU | Notre Dame |
| 10 | LSU | USC | UCLA |
| 11 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Michigan State |
| 12 | UCLA | UCLA | Ohio State |
| 13 | Michigan State | Michigan State | USC |
| 14 | Ole Miss | Arizona State | Wisconsin |
| 15 | Stanford | Ole Miss | Virginia Tech |
| 16 | Arizona State | Stanford | BYU |
| 17 | Virginia Tech | Wisconsin | Florida State |
| 18 | Wisconsin | Ohio State | Ole Miss |
| 19 | Kansas State | Virginia Tech | Arizona |
| 20 | Missouri | Kansas State | Baylor |
| 21 | Louisville | Nebraska | TCU |
| 22 | Ohio State | Missouri | UCF |
| 23 | Clemson | South Carolina | Stanford |
| 24 | South Carolina | Clemson | Kansas State |
| 25 | BYU | North Carolina | Louisville |